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Using DFSS to Improve Offshore Outsourcing Efficiency: Offshore outsourcing of software development work has been subject to wild variations in success and efficiency. A Design for Six Sigma DFSS approach is one way that one's software organization can make better decisions about how, when and how much to deploy offshore. It's easy to get caught up in...; Tags: Six Sigma, Design For Six Sigma, offshore, offshore outsourcing, cost reduction, software development, outsourcing, software; White papers
Double Digit Growth at Medical Device Company Using design for six sigma for Integrated Product Development: The multibillion dollar medical device and diagnostic division of a diversified multinational firm wanted to shift their expansion strategy away from growth by acquisition and move toward an organic growth plan. At the same time, however, the firm was significantly increasing R&D spending. PRTM's benchmarking revealed that the current product...; Tags: PRTM, Design For Six Sigma, medical device, regulatory compliance, benchmarking, product development, R&D, manufacturing, acquisition, strategy; Case studies
design for six sigma: Design For Six Sigma DFSS is the application of Six Sigma principles to the design of products and their manufacturing and support processes. Whereas Six Sigma by definition focuses on the production phase of a product, DFSS focuses on research, design, and development phases. DFSS combines many of the tools...; Tags: Design For Six Sigma, Six Sigma, manufacturing, tool; White papers
IDEaS: Getting the Most Out of design for six sigma: Companies that implement a Six Sigma program often find that a majority of defects are actually created during the design process. When Design for Six Sigma is implemented properly it elevates the company's productivity and avoids costly mistakes. This paper describes the IDEaS (Initiate, Design, Execute and Sustain) methodology which...; Tags: Six Sigma, Six Sigma Qualtec Inc., Design For Six Sigma; White papers 2005-11-12
Program Level design for six sigma: Design For Six Sigma DFSS has been an initiative within product development for over 5 years now. Most companies start out implementing DFSS by using a collection of tools within marketing and engineering. Even though this often yields isolated or localized improvement in the development of the product, overall product...; Tags: Six Sigma, Design For Six Sigma, product development, marketing, tool; White papers 2005-10-17

design for six sigma Solution: Design for Six Sigma designs quality into a product. By assessing the variations that a product experiences during manufacture and use, it is possible to make a product that performs its intended function regardless of these variations; such a product is "Robust," and therefore, Design for Six Sigma is sometimes...; Tags: Six Sigma, ANSYS Inc., Design For Six Sigma, analysis; White papers 2005-05-23
Business Process Initiative: design for six sigma: For the majority of organizations, long-term success is tied directly to the new product development process. Tomorrow's revenue and growth are tightly bound to how successful organizations are at launching new products. Understanding what aspects of a product are key to customer's perceptions of a product is critical in ensuring...; Tags: Six Sigma, Product marketing, Strategy, UGS Corp., Design For Six Sigma, product development, New Product Development, business process; White papers 2004-06-24
DFSS Approach for Economic Success of PDM Implementation: This paper focuses on Design for Six Sigma, a DFSS systematic methodology, which enables to design products and processes that meet customer expectations. DFSS approach is customer centric and process focused. DFSS methodology could be used to collect and prioritize business requirements, design new processes that meet business requirements, build...; Tags: Six Sigma, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Design For Six Sigma, business requirement, monitor, information technology; White papers 2003-12-13
The Role of Executive and Management Leadership in design for six sigma: Being a proactive leader requires disciplined follow-through on product development process execution. Design for Six Sigma can and will become a major source of success in the business if one spends the time to plan a disciplined implementation within the context of a well-designed and managed product development process; Tags: Six Sigma, Product marketing, Pearson Education Inc., Design For Six Sigma, product development, leadership, leader; White papers 2003-02-07
Predicting The Return On DFSS Investment: Why are so many companies implementing Design For Six Sigma DFSS initiatives? Because that’s where the big money is! GE estimated year 2000 benefits from DFSS at US$500 million. Prevention is more profitable than fixing problems after they occur. But how big is the DFSS opportunity? Predicting the return on...; Tags: Six Sigma, LRP Publications, Design For Six Sigma, Y2K, benefit; White papers 2003-01-01
DFSS (design for six sigma): Imagine a company. That has 100% delivery performance, zero defects, brings new products out at twice the rate of competition. Products that need little or no servicing and customers are willing to pay a premium for them. May sound like utopia but applying methods like DFSS will get you closer...; Tags: Six Sigma, LRP Publications, Design For Six Sigma; White papers 2003-01-01
What Is a DFSS Culture?: When a Six Sigma program moves into the realm of Design for Six Sigma DFSS, customer Critical to Quality characteristics are used to design products or processes with the goal of reaching the six-sigma target. That crucial measurement comes near the end of the quest for quality, not the beginning....; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Design For Six Sigma, Six Sigma, adjustment; White papers 2003-01-01
What Is DFSS?: One of the most confusing issues associated with someone saying "I'm using Six Sigma" has to do with what methodology they are actually using. A majority of the time they are using the DMAIC methodology, because they have existing processes that are wasting resources (hence the big savings you've heard...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, iSixSigma, Design For Six Sigma, Six Sigma; White papers 2003-01-01
design for six sigma Roadmap: In the 21st century, new technologies will be developed and improved and will eventually be obsolete for the need of more advanced technologies. Many product development techniques have been developed and discussed. Tools and techniques such as Quality Function Deployment QFD, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis FMEA, statistical tools, and...; Tags: Six Sigma, PRODUCTIVITY, iSixSigma, Quality Function Deployment, Design For Six Sigma, product development, technique, tool; White papers 2003-01-01
The Six Sigma Method and Design of Experiments: Six Sigma is becoming a proven approach for businesses and organizations to improve their performance. The spectrum of companies actively engaging in Six Sigma today is wide from industrials. Once the organization has created their own vision of Six Sigma, the business leaders need to define their organization’s objectives in...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Design For Six Sigma, Six Sigma, vision, performance; White papers 2003-01-01
DFSS and Big Payoffs: Traditional Six Sigma is well understood and somewhat consistently deployed throughout industry, but that is not the case with design for Six Sigma DFSS. To best understand the basic principles of DFSS, three factors must be understood: Customer linkages to product requirements, Development and analysis of internal requirements and Manufacturing’s...; Tags: Six Sigma, American Society For Quality, Design For Six Sigma, customer satisfaction, manufacturing, analysis, industry; White papers 2002-11-01
Introduction to Organizational Leadership, Financial Performance, and Value Management Using design for six sigma: Being a proactive leader requires disciplined follow-through on product development process execution. DFSS can and will become a major source of success in the business if one spends the time to plan a disciplined implementation within the context of a well-designed and managed product development process. The goal is to...; Tags: Six Sigma, Product marketing, Pearson Education Inc., Design For Six Sigma, product development, leader; White papers 2002-09-25
Straight Talk on DFSS: DFSS is a business process focused on improving profitability. Properly applied, it generates the right product at the right time at the right cost. DFSS looks to predict how the designs under consideration will behave. Engineering and statistical methods provide the basis for prediction. To reap the benefits of DFSS,...; Tags: Six Sigma, American Society For Quality, Design For Six Sigma, allocation, business process, benefit; White papers 2002-08-01
Creating Strategic Change More Efficiently with a New design for six sigma Process: "This paper describes how two revolutionary methodologies — Design for Six Sigma DFSS and the Ideation/TRIZ methodology (I-TRIZ) — have been integrated to ensure that new products are designed to meet Six Sigma levels and marketing plans. Use of this single, coordinated process synergises efforts to increase productivity in the...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Juran Institute, Design For Six Sigma, Six Sigma, product design, training, marketing, benefit; White papers 2002-08-01
Dow Chemical design for six sigma Rail Delivery Project: Dow Chemical needed to find a solution that would enable them to meet the forecasted increase in demand for a line of products. In order to find the most cost effective solution that met all project criteria, Dow Chemical implemented Six Sigma principles. By utilizing the Six Sigma methodology combined...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Rockwell Automation Inc., The Dow Chemical Co., Six Sigma, Design For Six Sigma; White papers 2001-11-14